They had their share of Captains who were stooges for city hall, like the man at the top today, but that's only because he was able to make Captain. Today he can pick any Lt stooge he wants and hold over their head that they can be demoted. The Majors of today are either puppets for city hall or on the way out. It began when Abramson changed the law so he could fire the Chief. The Captains still didn't care what city hall said, so several years later they made them political too. Louisville's politicians